I figured i would change my fuel filter since my car has 110xxx miles on it. I figured its got to be dirtly maybe i'll free up some power and fix my low idle problem. I think its the 02 sensor though and i'm going to change that friday Well a asked a dealer a question about how to remove the filter and he told me that honda filters are good for the life of the car. I don't know if he's right because he also told me that honda's have mass air flow sensors.

 

well unless something has changed i was always told they are part of routine maintance at either 30/60/or 90k miles, so i change mine about every 30 thousands to be safe, to change mine i would use 2 box wrenches on the bottom, one to hold the hex on the filter and the other to turn the fuel line fitting.

 

He said not to change it unless you get a cel for it.

 

i changed mine and it seemed like my car ran better

 

im a auto tech, we change fuel filters for all of our cars every 35k. dealerships always trying to screw people

 

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Ummm...so you would'nt change your oil until you started having problems because of it. It's like 20 bucks, so just go ahead and change it as part of your maintenance.

 

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change it man, it's one of the easiest things to do..... it's sitting right there, you don't have to do anything else but relieve the fuel pressure, and yeah it's only like twenty bucks.....

 

my fuel filter from the dealer cost 36 with tax. And that damn bolt on the bottom is a pain in the *** to get off.

 

get a new dealer IMO.

 

If you never replace it, one of these days your car will not start cause it's gonna be clogged up...

 

i agree with Turbo E

 

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just use two open ended wrenches

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like he said.......

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Turbo E &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a new dealer IMO.</TD></TR></TABLE>

or at least stop listening to them and asking for their advice...... and don't let them touch your car.......

 

yeah i need to go and buy some wrenchs all the ones i had were too small. I think when i do it i'm going to take it out of that holder from the fire wall and take off my intake so i can get good leverage. I tryed loosing the nut with a cressent wrench and i couldn't get in there. I'll do it friday when i cange my 02 sensor. Any thing i should know about that or is it just screw the old one out and put the new one in?

 

know how to relieve the fuel pressure??

 

yeah you unscrew the gas cap.

 

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and........... pull the fuel pump fuse and start the car and let it run until it stalls.... should only be a few seconds....... then remove the gas cap......gas will spill out of the filter, but definitely not a lot..... kind of like oil spilling in an oil filter.... good luck

 

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and........... pull the fuel pump fuse and start the car and let it run until it stalls.... should only be a few seconds....... then remove the gas cap......gas will spill out of the filter, but definitely not a lot..... kind of like oil spilling in an oil filter.... good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>

which one is the fuel pump fuse? What about the torque on the bolts? I figured just tight so that no fuel leaks.

 

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and........... pull the fuel pump fuse and start the car and let it run until it stalls.... should only be a few seconds.</TD></TR></TABLE>

****, when I pull the fuel pump fuse my car won't crank at all. Check under the dash and the little thing should have a label as to which one the fuel pump fuse is. Just put a towel over the top banjo bolt so when you crack it loose you don't get fuel on yourself.

 

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and........... pull the fuel pump fuse and start the car and let it run until it stalls.... should only be a few seconds....... then remove the gas cap......gas will spill out of the filter, but definitely not a lot..... kind of like oil spilling in an oil filter.... good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>

When i took off the top bolt a little fuel came out and that was with out doing the other stuff. I couldn't get the bottom bolt off but i figured with the pressure released from the gas cap fuel would not spray out.

 

If you have the top open it may leak some more fuel, but it won't spray.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RidinlowHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dealerships always trying to screw people</TD></TR></TABLE>

if the dealership as trying to screw you, wouldn't they sell you a part you don't need?

not tell you you don't need it. how would they make money?

 

they are called stealerships for a reason....

dont listen to the dumb ****


http://69.53.28.141/maintenance.html
look at the last line on that page...

 

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if the dealership as trying to screw you, wouldn't they sell you a part you don't need?

not tell you you don't need it. how would they make money?</TD></TR></TABLE>

to sell more expensive parts and/or a whole new car later on down the line. Either that or the guy at the dealer didn't know what he was talking about. It should be in the regular maint. schedule. It's not like changing it will hurt, but not changing it might.

Steve

 

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to sell more expensive parts and/or a whole new car later on down the line. Either that or the guy at the dealer didn't know what he was talking about. It should be in the regular maint. schedule. It's not like changing it will hurt, but not changing it might.

Steve</TD></TR></TABLE>

agree- change it every 30k